Scanner PDF vs Fold
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Scanner PDF
Digitize, organize, and share documents from your iPhone. Scan paper, IDs, and books into organized digital files. Edit, sign, convert to various formats, and protect sensitive information with this versatile utility.
- Scan documents, IDs, and books
- Create multi-page scans
- Extract text with OCR
- Sign documents on phone
- Convert to PDF, JPG, PNG, DOCX, XLSX
- Protect files with PIN and Secure Vault
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Scanner PDF: Convert and Sign helps you digitize, organize, edit and share documents directly from your iPhone. Turn paper documents into clean digital files, scan IDs, passports, books, QR codes and multi-page documents, then save everything in one organized document hub. Whether you need to sign a contract, extract text, convert a file, protect private documents or quickly share a PDF, Scanner gives you the essential tools in one simple app. Scan documents with your camera, import files or photos, edit them with useful tools, and export in the format you need. Key features: • Scan documents, IDs, passports and books • Create multi-page scans • Extract text with OCR • Scan QR codes • Sign documents directly on your phone • Add text, images, highlights and watermarks • Blur or hide sensitive information • Add page numbers and form elements • Merge documents • Convert files to PDF, JPG, PNG, DOCX and XLSX • Organize documents in My Documents • Mark files as favorites • Compress files before sharing • Share documents using the iOS share sheet • Protect private files with Secure Vault and PIN • Restore recently deleted files from Trash Scanner is designed for everyday paperwork: receipts, contracts, notes, IDs, invoices, forms, school documents and business files. Some features may require a subscription. Subscription details, renewal terms and cancellation options are shown before purchase. Terms of Service: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/privacyvrtg/inicio
Fold
This app offers a private PDF toolkit for managing documents on your device. It allows you to scan, merge, split, organize, and extract text from PDFs, with advanced features available through a one-time purchase.
- Scan documents and create PDFs
- Merge, split, and organize pages
- Extract text and inspect details
- Compress large PDFs
- Add watermarks and page numbers
- Redact sensitive content
- Summarize documents
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Every PDF you need, on your phone — and nowhere else. Fold is a private PDF toolkit for iPhone and iPad. Open a document, do the job, and share the result. No account. No upload step. The work stays on your device. THE EVERYDAY TOOLS, FREE - View, merge, split, organize, and rotate pages - Scan documents and turn images into PDFs - Extract text and inspect document details - Check for cover-ups that still leave selectable text behind POWER TOOLS WITH FOLD PRO One lifetime purchase unlocks the heavy lifting: - Compress large PDFs down to a shareable size - Add watermarks, page numbers, headers, and footers - Edit document details and fill PDF forms - Export to images, Word documents, and spreadsheets - Create PDFs from HTML - Redact sensitive content with flattened, automatically verified output - Make archival-style copies for long-term storage - Summarize documents and ask questions on supported devices BUILT AROUND YOUR FILES Outputs land in Recents, so you can reopen, preview, and share without digging through temporary folders. Everything stays close to the file it came from. HONEST BY DESIGN School forms, contracts, receipts, client packets, scans, board documents — Fold is built for that reality. It is quiet, local, and honest about exactly what each tool does. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No accounts. No ads. No uploads. Your documents never leave your device unless you choose to share them. Do the job, keep it private. Download Fold.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Fold at none against Scanner PDF's shown. Scanner PDF's advantage is ratings volume (9 vs 1) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Scanner PDF sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 7 days and Fold sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Scanner PDF against 5.0 for Fold. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Scanner PDF has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Scanner PDF | Fold |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (9 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Daily | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vertigo SL | Rene DeAnda |
In-app purchases
Scanner PDF
- Premium week3 Days trial$9.997 Days
- Premium year3 Days trial$49.991 Year
Fold
- Fold Pro Lifetime$19.99









